Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
script, literature
Parts:
Variants:
purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1155 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 斎場 【サイジョウ】 funeral hall, ceremony site
  • 斎院 【サイイン】 imperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise
  • 大斎 【タイサイ】 Great Lent, Great Fast
  • 小斎 【ショウサイ】 abstinence (in Catholicism)

Kun reading compounds

  • 斎 【とき】 meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
  • 忌む 【いむ】 to avoid, to refrain from, to shun, to detest
  • 祝う 【いわう】 to celebrate, to congratulate, to observe (a festival), to present (a gift) in celebration, to drink in celebration, to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.), to pray for
  • 斎く 【いつく】 to worship, to enshrine

Readings

Japanese names:
いつき、 さえ、 ひとし、 いつ、 きよ、 ただ、 とき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhai1
Korean:
jae, ja

Spanish

  • purificación y culto
  • habitación para aislarse

Portuguese

  • purificação
  • comida de Budistas
  • quarto
  • adorar
  • evitar
  • da mesma forma
  • semelhante

French

  • purification
  • nourriture bouddhiste
  • pièce
  • adorer
  • éviter
  • semblable
1291 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1363 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5425 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1269 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1394 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1478 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1575 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1781 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1875 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2622 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1340 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1817 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1748 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13467 Morohashi
2115 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2368 New Nelson (John Haig)
1732 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1869 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1503 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
454 2001 Kanji
2j9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
4-11-4 SKIP code
2-4-7 SKIP code
0022.4 Four corner code
1-26-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
658e Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
wisteria
Kun:
ふじ
On:
トウドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
291 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 藤黄 【トウオウ】 gamboge
  • 藤花 【トウカ】 wisteria flower

Kun reading compounds

  • 藤 【ふじ】 wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda), wistaria
  • 藤色 【ふじいろ】 light purple
  • 草藤 【くさふじ】 tufted vetch (Vicia cracca), cow vetch
  • 野田藤 【のだふじ】 Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぞう、 と、 ふじゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
teng2
Korean:
deung

Spanish

  • glicina (planta)

Portuguese

French

  • glycine
206 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4090 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1975 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2773 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2231 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2087 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3025 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2109 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1218 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32340P Morohashi
2382 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5241 New Nelson (John Haig)
1210 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1295 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
432 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1942 2001 Kanji
3k15.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-15 SKIP code
4423.2 Four corner code
1-38-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85e4 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
bamboo
Kun:
たけ
On:
チク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
593 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 竹林 【チクリン】 bamboo thicket, bamboo grove
  • 竹馬 【タケウマ】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse
  • 爆竹 【バクチク】 firecracker
  • 破竹 【ハチク】 breaking bamboo

Kun reading compounds

  • 竹 【たけ】 bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae), middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
  • 竹馬 【たけうま】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse
  • 笛竹 【ふえたけ】 bamboo flute, bamboo for making flutes, wind and string instruments
  • 苦竹 【にがたけ】 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides), giant timber bamboo, madake, Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

Readings

Japanese names:
たか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu2
Korean:
jug

Spanish

  • bambú

Portuguese

  • bambu

French

  • bambou
113 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
71 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
170 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
719 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3366 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
68 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
790 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
247 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
129 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
129 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
374 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1471 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
267 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
168 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
201 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
946 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25841 Morohashi
228 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4246 New Nelson (John Haig)
937 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1007 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
59 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2353 2001 Kanji
6f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
8822.0 Four corner code
1-35-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7af9 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
public chamber, hall
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N4
1010 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 堂 【ドウ】 temple, shrine, chapel, hall, company, front room
  • 堂々 【ドウドウ】 magnificent, grand, impressive, dignified, majestic, imposing, stately, fair, square, open, unashamed, brazen, grandly, boldly, confidently, fairly, squarely, unreservedly, brazenly
  • 殿堂 【デンドウ】 palace, hall, shrine, temple, sanctuary, hall of fame
  • 議事堂 【ギジドウ】 assembly hall, parliament house, diet building, capitol, houses of parliament, congress hall

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tang2
Korean:
dang

Spanish

  • templo
  • salón
  • vestíbulo

Portuguese

  • câmara pública
  • corredor

French

  • édifice public
  • temple
  • salle
  • hall
  • grandiose (bâtiment)
486 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
584 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
557 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
662 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1365 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
358 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
144 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1462 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
496 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
505 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
709 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
355 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3202 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1656 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2246 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
806 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5207 Morohashi
2589 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1037 New Nelson (John Haig)
798 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
861 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
573 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1072 2001 Kanji
3n8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
9010.4 Four corner code
1-38-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5802 Unicode hex code